Improvement in barrel-covers



I. H. WHITMORE & R. BUTLER.

BARREL-COVER.

310.183,?32. Patented Oct.24, 1876.

N-FETiRS, PHDTO-LITHOGRAPMEILyIASIIINGIOM D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I SAAC H. WHITMORE AND RICHARD BUTLER, OF MARSHALL, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN BARREL-COVERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 83.732, dated October24, 1876; application filed J une 2, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ISAAC H. WHITMORE and RIoHARD BUTLER, both of thecity of Marshall, in the county of Calhoun and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain Improvements in Transferable Covers for Barrels, ofwhich the following is a specification:

Our improvements relate to transferable covers for barrels, baskets &c.,in which the cover is made in sections and hinged together; and itconsists in attaching to the smaller section two suitable shaped clamps.Said clamps rest upon and are secured by means of thumbscrews to thechime of the barrel.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view of the cover; and Fig. 2 is alongitudinal crosssect-ion of one of the clamps and smaller section ofcover.

A represents the main part of our improved cover, which may be madesolid, or, if preferred, of a suitable frame, covered with awire-screen, so as to expose the contents of the barrel to view, saidpart A being hinged to the rear piece B in any suitable manner. To thesmaller section B of cover, and at a suitable distance apart, as shownin Fig. 1, we place our thumb-screw clamps C C, which are somewhat inthe form of an inverted U.

The longer arm f carries the thumb-screw D, and the inner or shorter armh is flanged, to allow the base of the clamp to fit within a recess madein the cover, so that the cover may rest evenly on the head of thebarrel. The arms should be made sufficiently long to reach slightlybeyond the chime, as shown in the sectional view of the drawing.Wood-screws hold the clamps to the cover.

Our invention is especially adapted to the wants of the grocer, is veryconvenient for sugar-barrels, and can be transferred from one barrel toanother in a few seconds, thereby saving time, and excluding the dustand foreign matter.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A transferable barrel-cover, composed of the hinged sections A B, clampsC 0, consisting of jaws hf. and screw D, as herein described and setforth.

ISAAC H. WHITMORE. RICHARD BUTLER. Witnesses:

JOHN BUTLER, E. M. BUTLER.

